Re: Possible to write 'beginning of line' in a String?

[Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>]

Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de> writes:

> Am 02.04.2013 09:26, schrieb Thorsten Jolitz:
>>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> what is the (or rather - is there a) string equivalent to regexp "^abc"?
>> "\nabc" is not quite what I want.
>>
>
> You may express "Beginning of line followed by string 'abc'" in
> different ways. Depends from usage, your needs.
>
> rx macro delivers that wording of regexps
>
> Maybe tell what's inconvenient with "^abc"

I would need something that can be inserted as string, but is matched
only at beginning of line. 

,-----------------
| (insert "^abc ")
| ^abc
`-----------------

is not what I want, and "abc ", when used as regexp, is obviously
matched anywhere. 

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten